SportRicciardo's sneaky Monaco practice run

13:16 16 may 2019

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Leclerc tops 3rd practice in Monaco, teammate Vettel crashes

Ferrari had mixed fortunes in third and final practice for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, with Sebastian Vettel crashing and his teammate Charles Leclerc topping the charts ahead of both Mercedes cars.Leclerc, who is from Monaco, will look to clinch his second pole position of the season in qualifying later Saturday. In third practice, he was 0.053 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 0.213 clear of Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth fastest. Leclerc has impressed at times in his first season with Ferrari, but Vettel is struggling with his composure once again.

Ricciardo famously claimed the Manco Grand Prix last year with Red Bull Racing in a clinical display at the esteemed circuit.

Having struggled since his unexpected move to team Renault ahead of the 2019 season, the 29-year-old currently sits 12th on the F1 standings having only picked up points at the Chinese GP. And it appears the Aussie is doing everything in his power to bag maximum points at Monaco and hopefully retain his crown.

Why Ricciardo has no regrets over switch

On the anniversary of his last grand prix win, Daniel Ricciardo has revealed why he doesn't have any misgivings over his move to Renault.

In a clip posted to Instagram, Ricciardo gets in some early practice atop a Vespa scooter as he whips around the world-famous track.

Trading in his usual four wheels for two, the Aussie effortlessly weaves in and out traffic all while hitting his racing lines perfectly.

“Getting my eye in for next week,” he posted alongside the video which garnered a host of attention from fellow athletes.

Australian endure off-road motorcycle world champion Toby price was impressed with his fellow rev-head’s speed on two wheels.

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Red Bull driver looks to make amends for blunder two years ago and may succeed after being fastest on the first day of practice .

Daniel Ricciardo quickest for Red Bull in both Thursday practice sessions for Monaco Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was second fastest but was placed under investigation by stewards for dangerous driving. The Dutchman reversed back onto the track in an unsafe manner after running wide at turn

The Monaco GP begins Sunday 26th May at 11pm. Most recently however, Red Bull’s chief motorsport advisor says Ricciardo was deceived into joining Renault by false promises of a much-improved car for 2019.

In the latest instalment of an escalating war of words between Red Bull and Renault, Helmut Marko slammed Renault for failing to deliver on their promises when they supplied engines to Red Bull. That deal resulted in four world titles from between 2010-2013, before ending in acrimony after Renault failed to adapt to the hybrid-turbo era.

Marko said Renault often failed to live up to its own hype, which Ricciardo fell for.

“Renault is good at that,” Marko told Motorsport-Total.

“They showed us charts over and over again, showing the engine will be massive next year. He (Ricciardo) will have just believed it.

“The story should read that he decides in the summer, whether he goes to Ferrari or Mercedes or remains with Red Bull.”

Red Bull driver looks to make amends for blunder two years ago and may succeed after being fastest on the first day of practice .

Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull dominate Monaco GP practice

Daniel Ricciardo quickest for Red Bull in both Thursday practice sessions for Monaco Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was second fastest but was placed under investigation by stewards for dangerous driving. The Dutchman reversed back onto the track in an unsafe manner after running wide at turn

Daniel Ricciardo heads team-mate Max Verstappen to a Red Bull one-two in both practice sessions at the Monaco Grand Prix. Running in race trim on the hyper-soft, Vettel appeared to have a pace advantage over Hamilton of about 0.3secs, although practice times are not always an accurate

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